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Alain Post posted:btw: motoGP is fun, Vinales is the most obvious "next big thing" for years, death to Spain I've got no grounding of the history MotoGP but Rossi seems to be clinging onto him. If he resolves the front tire issue it seems like he'd be able to take the fight to Vinales.
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Vinales doesn't have the wild streak which causes incidents like Marquez has, it'll be far harder for Rossi to try to beat him on consistency, I think. Next race will be big for Marquez, he's won at COTA convincingly every year, so if he doesn't win this GP his title is in deep trouble.
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also MotoGP had a double Honda DNF too, funny enough e) I don't know what it is, but Rio Hondo (Argentina) seems to always have great races in MotoGP, that doesn't mean anything for F1, but I'd like to see them give that circuit a try Feels Villeneuve fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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Funny how terrible Lorenzo has been in the first two rounds.
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Lorenzo will win a race by the end of the year. Rossi will not keep up with Vinales.
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wicka posted:Funny how terrible Lorenzo has been in the first two rounds. He didn't exactly have a great 2016 either. Apparently Ducati was deciding between Lorenzo at $12m a year versus Marquez at $20m a year, and I think going with Lorenzo wasn't the right choice in that situation.
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From what I gather Ducati has historically been very difficult to drive for everyone but a handful of drivers, I think that might be a symptom of the desmodromic valve engine.
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oh btw, shoutout to Zarco, who is now my favorite rider because he's young and not loving Spanish, especially since I've become resigned to the fact that Iannone isn't going to pan out.
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1500quidporsche posted:From what I gather Ducati has historically been very difficult to drive for everyone but a handful of drivers, I think that might be a symptom of the desmodromic valve engine. They've made strides the last year or two but J Lo hasn't caught up with it yet.
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1500quidporsche posted:From what I gather Ducati has historically been very difficult to drive for everyone but a handful of drivers, I think that might be a symptom of the desmodromic valve engine. Stoner was the only one who could make it work. Though I suspect Marquez would do alright since he doesn't seem to give a gently caress how unstable a bike is, the freak. I'm amazed Lorenzo took the deal since he's awful unless the chassis is perfect and he also can't race in the wet worth a drat. I remember Vinales first race in Moto 3 and I knew within 2 races he was going to be a front runner in MotoGp sooner or later. I suspect he'll spend his retirement cursing Marquez' existence curbing his successes though. Carth Dookie fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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it's funny how Nicky Hayden ended up arguably getting at least as much out of the Ducati as Rossi did
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wicka posted:I watched every second of that video. 
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Catching up on the race, finally.Carth Dookie posted:This entire season is just going to be 1000yardstare.gif This whole season is him pushing that shitbox of a car beyond its limits so it breaks and they fix it sooner to try and deliver a WDC for Are Nando. ...gently caress this race
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Nando will get points or explode the car. Animal driving
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GramCracker posted:Catching up on the race, finally. Its at the point where I would say if Honda came up with a new engine next race on par with Ferrari he could legitimately fight for the championship.
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learnincurve posted:I must admit it says a lot about the taste and decency of this thread that everyone, including me, turned off the TV rather than watch Lewis collect his trophy and be interviewed by Brundle, I watched the Ch4 highlights show - I was immensely amused that Ch4 straight up skipped the podium interviews since it wasn't one of their hosts doing the questions.
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Wirth1000 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MjKBtJe4Fg Oh wow, didn't see this on the Channel 4 broadcast - Bottas spinning his car when trying to warm up the tyres under safety car. Rather embarrassing. Wasn't Bottas heavily praised under Williams for being very good at knowing how his tyres were doing?
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1500quidporsche posted:Its at the point where I would say if Honda came up with a new engine next race on par with Ferrari he could legitimately fight for the championship. I don't disagree, and Nando calls that: Norns posted:Animal driving
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I guess a donkey is an animal.
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Powershift posted:I guess a donkey is an animal. No, that's the MCL32
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GramCracker posted:No, that's the MCL32 It's hard to gauge cadence. Maybe he said "i'm driving, like, an animal"
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wicka posted:Funny how terrible Lorenzo has been in the first two rounds.
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When does GP Predictor get updated?
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andyf posted:Oh wow, didn't see this on the Channel 4 broadcast - Bottas spinning his car when trying to warm up the tyres under safety car. Rather embarrassing. Wasn't Bottas heavily praised under Williams for being very good at knowing how his tyres were doing? Praise from Williams is, er, not particularly a benchmark to aspire to.
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Theophany posted:When does GP Predictor get updated? Judging by last time it'll be a day or two.
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andyf posted:...Wasn't Bottas heavily praised under Williams for being very good at knowing how his tyres were doing? I thought that was Frank?
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Max Verstappen 😍
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enri posted:I thought that was Frank? lmao
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I think I did pretty alright with my GP predictions though I did pick Gio to be hard charger, RIP
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andyf posted:I watched the Ch4 highlights show - I was immensely amused that Ch4 straight up skipped the podium interviews since it wasn't one of their hosts doing the questions. Channel 4 have never shown the podium interviews if they arn't live, I think it's a contract thing
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Max's true power will be unleashed now that his father will go to jail.
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oliwan posted:Max's true power will be unleashed now that his father will go to jail. Wherever he goes, trouble does seem to follow. Wikipedia posted:In December 2008, with the couple effectively separated, Verstappen appeared in court in Tongeren, Belgium, charged with assaulting his wife.[33] He was found innocent of assault, but guilty of threatening Kumpen in text messages and of violating a previously issued restraining order. He was fined and sentenced to three months probational, suspended prison sentence.[34]
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quote:They have one daughter, named Blue Jaye, born in September 2014. Yep, this guy has problems.
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Basticle posted:I think I did pretty alright with my GP predictions though I did pick Gio to be hard charger, RIP I was like one place off with all of mine 
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So was the SkyF1 team chatting poo poo or is DRS seemingly not creating easy overtakes anymore? It does seem like most of the overtakes we saw weren't on the straights.
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NtotheTC posted:So was the SkyF1 team chatting poo poo or is DRS seemingly not creating easy overtakes anymore? It does seem like most of the overtakes we saw weren't on the straights. Depends on the car. Seemed to work very well for Bottas and a couple of other cars, but yeah in general it does seem to be less effective this year.
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I like Max, but the constant raging hard-on the Dutch media has for him is getting really loving tiring.
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Willeh posted:I like Max, but the constant raging hard-on the Dutch media has for him is getting really loving tiring. I'm thrilled that he'll still be racing when my children have children.
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Willeh posted:I like Max, but the constant raging hard-on the Dutch media has for him is getting really loving tiring. I can sympathise with the Dutch media. Max is the best driver the Netherlands have had since Jos Verstappen- and while that is a low, low bar- the Dutch are understandably very excited about it so it sells newspapers. People in the UK often similarly complain about the media and Lewis Hamilton, though I have limited sympathy for people who say "I willingly subject myself to the Sun newspaper's writing but by god I'm feeling pretty truculent about its quality right now".
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